Our People


Prof Dion Goh Hoe Lian
Associate Chair, Graduate and Continuing Education




Ms Hedwig Rasamah Alfred
Assistant Chair, Undergraduate Studies

Assistant Chair, Student Life and Alumni


Ms Jacqueline Au Yong Leng

1992 to 2003
Founding Dean




Asst Prof Saifuddin Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Office: Room 03-43
Phone: 63168910
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Civic Engagement; Political Communication; Political Inequality; Social Media; Public Opinion; Minority media representation

Ms Hedwig Rasamah Alfred
Assistant Chair, Undergraduate Studies
Office: Room 02-43 / 04-07
Phone: 67906886 / 69081137
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Bridging journalism theory & professional practice; Literary devices in journalism for critical storytelling; Health journalism

Prof Ang Peng Hwa
Director, University Scholars Programme
Programme Director, Master of Media and Communication
Office: Room 02-05
Phone: 67906109
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Internet governance; Media law & policy

Dr Kym Campbell
Senior Lecturer
Office: Room 02-42
Phone: 67904184
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Mobile communication & cultural studies; Science & technology studies; Design & communication; Broadcast & digital media production & performance

Dr Mark Alan Cenite
Associate Dean (Undergraduate Education) for College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Office: Room 03-49
Phone: 67906111
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Media law & policy; Media ethics; Intellectual property; Entrepreneurship

Assoc Prof Vivian Chen Hsueh Hua
Associate Professor
Office: Room 03-16
Phone: 67905833
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Social & psychological impact of video games; Game for social inclusion; Social interaction; Social relationships in online environment; Intergroup
relations

Asst Prof Kevin Chew
Assistant Professor
Office: Room 03-45
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Film studies; Popular animation; Critical theory; Ecocriticism

Assoc Prof Arul Indrasen Chib
Associate Professor
Office: Room 03-02
Phone: 65148390
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: mHealth (Mobile healthcare); Transnational migration; Gender & technology; Open development; Information & communication technologies for development

Assoc Prof Alton Chua
Associate Professor
Office: Room 02-17
Phone: 67906451
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Information & knowledge management; Question & answering system; Online communities; User reviews of products & services; Online rumors

Assoc Prof Benjamin Hill Detenber
Associate Professor
Office: Room 03-42
Phone: 67905809
Email:
[email protected]
Academic Interests: Public opinion; Political communication; Science communication; Media psychology; Computer-mediated communication

Assoc Prof Ian Dixon
Associate Professor of Practice
Office: Room 02-07
Phone: 67904282
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Cinema Studies, Television Studies, Celebrity Studies, Fan Studies, Filmmaking, Literature.

Ms Nikki Draper
Assistant Chair, Student Life and Alumni
Office: Room 04-12/02-09
Phone: 67906449
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Film festivals & exhibitions; Documentary; Digital media; Technology in the classroom

Prof Dion Goh Hoe Lian
Associate Chair, Graduate and Continuing Education
Office: Room 04-11/02-45
Phone: 67906290
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Human computation games; Gamification for behavior change; Serious games; Social
media practices & perceptions; Mobile information seeking & sharing

Ms Karen Ho
Lecturer
Office: Room 03-07
Phone: 69083432
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Strategic communications, Public relations, Integrated campaigns, Cross-borders campaign management, Agency-client relations

Prof Shirley Ho Soo Yee
Associate Vice President (Humanities, Social Sciences & Research Communication)
Office: Room 02-37
Phone: 67906044
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Science & environmental communication; Health communication; public opinion; Social media; Cyber risks

Assoc Prof Jung Younbo
Associate Chair, Academic
Office: Room 03-01 / 04-42
Phone: 63168968 / 69082241
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Socio-Psychological effects of interactive media; Human computer interaction / human robot interaction; Computer mediated communication

Assoc Prof Kang Hyunjin
Associate Professor
Office: Room 03-12
Phone: 69083431
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Interactive Technology for Strategic Communication; Online / Mobile Privacy; Internet of Things; Media Effects.

Assoc Prof Khoo Soo Guan, Christopher
Associate Professor
Office: Room 05-05
Phone: 65921693
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Natural language processing & text mining; Knowledge organization; Health informatics; Information behaviour

Assoc Prof Kim Hye Kyung
Associate Professor
Office: Room 03-08
Phone: 69083349
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Risk & health communication; Communication theory; Quantitative research method; Media effects & narrative persuasion

Assoc Prof Nuri Kim
Programme Director, PhD and Master’s by Research
Office: Room 03-15
Phone: 69083348
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Deliberation & democratic theory; Minorities in deliberation; Emotion in politics; Narratives & mediated intergroup contact

Prof Eddie Kuo Chen Yu
Emeritus Professor
Office: Room 03-40
Phone: 67905775
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Sociology
of communication; Language, culture & communication; Asian culture & communication

Assoc Prof Lee Chei Sian
Associate Chair, Faculty
Office: Room 02-46 / 04-41
Phone: 67906636 / 65923633
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Technology-mediated learning and social interaction; online information sharing and crowdsourcing; Effects of information systems use on individuals, organizations and societies; Computer-mediated communication

Dr Lee Chu Keong
Assistant Chair, Lifelong Education and International Relations
Programme Director, MSc in Knowledge Management
Office: Room 02-02 / 04-08
Phone: 67904715 / 69081138
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Knowledge Sharing; Social network analysis; Knowledge audit

Assoc Prof Lee Chun Wah
Associate Professor
Office: Room 02-01
Phone: 67906114
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Advertising business management; Advertising campaign development; Public communication

Prof Kwan Min Lee
Korea Foundation Professor in Contemporary Korean Society
and New Media
Office: Room 03-44
Phone: 63168816
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: UX (User Experience) Research & Design,
Human-Computer interaction (HCI), Human-Robot interaction (HRI), Smart Devices (e.g., smart phone, smart TV, smart car, etc.), interactive media (e.g., computer games, VR, etc.), digital innovation and culture in S. Korea

Asst Prof Edmund Lee Wei Jian
Assistant Professor
Office: Room 02-06
Phone: 69083429
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Public health communication; Digital health; Health technology; Big data analytics

Asst Prof Lew Zijian
Assistant Professor
Office: Room 03-41
Phone: 69048444
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Self-effects (how the sending of messages affect message senders themselves) on social media, toxic positivity online, authenticity in digital communication contexts

Asst Prof Li Junting, Benjamin
Assistant Professor
Office: Room 03-17
Phone: 67906395
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: VR and immersive technologies; Human-computer interaction; Avatars and embodiment; Technology and wellbeing

Assoc Prof Chen Lou
Associate Professor
Office: Room 03-13
Phone: 63168895
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Consumer Psychology; Social Media Marketing; Marketing Communications; Media Effects

Assoc Prof Brendan Luyt
Associate Professor
Office: Room 02-41
Phone: 63168894
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Library & information history; Wikipedia studies; Documentation studies; Heritage studies; Scholarly communication

Prof May O. Lwin
Chair
Office: Room 04-46
Phone: 67906669
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Digitally mediated health communication; Health communication intervention design & impact assessment; Wellness, physical exercise

Assoc Prof Na Jin Cheon
Programme Director, MSc in Information Systems
Office: Room 05-04
Phone: 67905011
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Opinion Mining & Sentiment Analysis; Text Mining; Digital Libraries

Asst Prof Poong Oh
Assistant Professor
Office: Room 03-06
Phone: 63168972
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Dynamics of human collectives, including groups, organizations, and communities, and the role communication plays in them, Bayesian statistics, natural language processing, and machine learning

Assoc Prof Pee Loo Geok
Associate Professor
Office: Room 05-06
Phone: 67904579
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Social informatics, sustainability informatics, innovation practices, knowledge management, digital practices.

Asst Prof Andrew Prahl
Assistant Professor
Office: Room 02-36
Phone: 67904575
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Human-Automation Trust; Automated Advice; Interpersonal Advice; Automation Ethics; Human-Computer Interaction

Prof Jack Linchuan Qiu
Shaw Foundation Professor in Media Technology
Office: Room 03-14
Phone: 65138282
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Digital Media and Social Change, the Political Economy of Communication, Digital Labor, Class, Technology and Sustainability, especially in the contexts of Asia and the Global South.

Asst Prof Ella Raidel
Assistant Professor
Office: ART 03-14 (School of Art, Design and Media)
Phone: -
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Experimental Cinema, Asian Cinema, Contemporary Art, Interdisciplinary Research, Urban Studies.

Assoc Prof Sonny Ben Rosenthal
Associate Professor
Office: Room 03-48
Phone: 67904070
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Environmental communication; Risk communication; Media effects; Quantitative methods

Programme Director, MSc in Information Studies
Office: Room 05-07
Phone: 67906036
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Information behaviour; Social media information seeking; Perception, use, & outcomes of libraries; Bibliometrics

Mr Ian Tan Yong Hoe
Lecturer
Office: Room 03-09
Phone: 65922590
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Strategic communications, AI in communications and art, journalism and integrated marketing

Prof Edson Castro Tandoc Jr.
Associate Chair, Research
Office: Room 04-44/02-39
Phone: 67906110
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Journalism studies; Technology & journalism; Social media; Environmental journalism

Prof Theng Yin Leng
Associate Provost (Faculty Affairs)
Director, CHESS, WKWSCI
Office: Room 05-08
Phone: 65923039
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Human-computer interaction; Usability engineering; Digital libraries; Elderly & technologies; Games for health

Ms Wong Pei Wen
Programme Director, Master of Media and Communication
Office: Room 03-10
Phone: 67905065
Email: [email protected]
Academic Interests: Strategic Communication, Crisis Communication, Advertising Creativity, AI and Automation, and Teaching Pedagogy.
Name | Designation | Start Date | End Date |
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Prof Peter J. Schulz | Visiting Professor | 02 Aug 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 |
Prof Peter J. Schulz | Visiting Professor | 02 Jan 2018 | 30 Apr 2018 |
Prof Rene Weber | Visiting Professor | 20 Jun 2016 | 23 Jul 2016 |
Prof Kim Yungwook | Visiting Professor | 16 Mar 2016 | 15 May 2016 |
A/P Kristine Nowak | Visiting Associate Professor | 11 Jan 2016 | 09 Feb 2016 |
Prof Rene Weber | Visiting Professor | 15 Oct 2015 | 14 Nov 2015 |
Raghavan Kotikanyadanam Sundaratatachar | Visiting Professor | 15 Aug 2015 | 30 Dec 2015 |
Prof Youm Kyu Ho | Wee Kim Wee Visiting Professor | 02 Jan 2015 | 28 Feb 2015 |
Prof Franklin Boster | Visiting Professor | 08 Sept 2014 | 26 Oct 2014 |
Prof Edith Rasmussen | Visiting Professor | 01 Jan 2014 | 30 June 2014 |
Prof Wibke Weber | Visiting Professor | 01 Aug 2013 | 13 Dec 2013 |
A/P Hernando Rojas | Visiting Associate Professor | 04 Jan 2013 | 31 May 2013 |
Prof Wolfgang Donsbach | Wee Kim Wee Visiting Professor | 28 Aug 2012 | 17 Oct 2012 |
Prof Thomas P. Doherty | Shaw Foundation Professor | 06 Jan 2012 | 05 Jul 2012 |
Prof James G. Hutton | Visiting Professor | 04 Jan 2012 | 03 Jul 2012 |
Prof Drew O. McDaniel | Visiting Professor | 15 Jul 2011 | 14 Dec 2011 |
Prof Patricia Zimmermann | Shaw Foundation Professor | 20 Jan 2010 | 15 Jul 2010 |
Prof Stewart Auyash | Visiting Associate Professor | 05 Jan 2010 | 30 Jun 2010 |
Prof Edie Rasmussen | Visiting Professor | 05 Jan 2010 | 31 May 2010 |
Prof Vincent Mosco | Shaw Foundation Professor | 01 Aug 2009 | 30 Sep 2009 |
Prof Georgette Wang | Wee Kim Wee Visiting Professor | 01 Aug 2009 | 30 Nov 2009 |
Prof Ronald Eugene Rice | Nanyang Professor | 01 Aug 2008 | 31 Jul 2010 |
Prof Ronald Eugene Rice | Wee Kim Wee Visiting Professor | 01 Aug 2007 | 31 Aug 2007 |
Prof Jerome Denean Williams | Wee Kim Wee Visiting Professor | 01 Jul 2008 | 31 Dec 2008 |
Prof Liu Yu-li | Visiting Professor | 01 Jul 2008 | 31 Dec 2008 |
Prof Marcel Machill | Visiting Professor | 01 Mar 2007 | 30 Sep 2007 |
Prof Steven S Wildman | Wee Kim Wee Visiting Professor | 05 Jan 2007 | 04 Jul 2007 |
Prof Mark Robert Levy | Visiting Professor | 04 Jan 2007 | 30 Jun 2007 |
Prof Joseph Dean Straubhaar | Wee Kim Wee Visiting Professor | 23 Jul 2006 | 23 Aug 2006 |
Prof Peter George Wills Keen | Shaw Foundation Professor | 23 Jan 2006 | 22 Apr 2006 |
Prof James Elmer Grunig | Wee Kim Wee Visiting Professor | 15 Jul 2004 | 27 Aug 2004 |
Prof Crispin Chio Maslog | Visiting Professor | 12 Jul 2004 | 11 May 2005 |
Prof John E Keshishoglou | Visiting Professor | 01 Jul 2004 | 30 Jun 2005 |
Prof Patricia Rodden Zimmermann | Visiting Professor | 22 Dec 2002 | 21 Jun 2003 |
Prof Theodore Lewis Glasser | Wee Kim Wee Visiting Professor | 16 Aug 2002 | 15 Sep 2002 |
Prof Crispin Chio Maslog | Visiting Professor | 10 Jul 2002 | 09 Jul 2003 |
Prof Stuart H Loory | Visiting Professor | 02 Jul 2001 | 10 Aug 2001 |
Prof Irving Fang | Visiting Professor | 26 Dec 2000 | 25 Jun 2001 |
Prof John E Keshishoglou | Visiting Professor | 05 Jul 2000 | 04 Jul 2003 |
Prof Everett M Rogers | Nanyang Professor | 02 Jul 2000 | 01 Jul 2002 |
Prof John V Pavlik | Shaw Foundation Professor | 29 Jun 2000 | 28 Jul 2000 |
Prof John C Merrill | Wee Kim Wee Visiting Professor | 23 Jun 2000 | 22 Nov 2000 |
Prof Irving Fang | Visiting Professor | 03 Jan 2000 | 02 Jul 2000 |
Prof Paul Fowler Parsons | Visiting Professor | 05 Jul 1999 | 04 Aug 2000 |
Prof Irving Fang | Visiting Professor | 28 Dec 1998 | 27 Jun 1999 |
Douglas Ann Johnson Newsom | Visiting Professor | 28 Dec 1998 | 27 Jun 1999 |
Prof Everett M Rogers | Wee Kim Wee Visiting Professor | 24 Jul 1998 | 21 Aug 1998 |
Prof Jim Andrew Richstad | Visiting Professor | 29 Dec 1997 | 28 Dec 1998 |
Prof Mark Robert Levy | Visiting Professor | 01 Jul 1997 | 30 Jun 1998 |
Prof John E Keshishoglou | Visiting Professor | 14 Jun 1997 | 31 Aug 1997 |
Prof Royal Donald Colle | Wee Kim Wee Visiting Professor | 01 Jul 1996 | 30 Nov 1996 |
Prof John E Keshishoglou | Visiting Professor | 30 Jun 1995 | 29 Jun 1996 |
Prof Jim Andrew Richstad | Visiting Professor | 23 Jun 1995 | 22 Jun 1997 |
Prof John E Keshishoglou | Visiting Professor | 04 Jul 1994 | 13 Dec 1994 |






Senior Executive, Academic
Office: Room 04-03 (Student Services Centre)
Phone: 6790 5962
Email: [email protected]

Senior Executive, Academic
Office: Room 04-03 (Student Services Centre)
Phone: 67904608
Email: [email protected]

Ms Jacqueline Au Yong Leng
Head, Administration
Office: Room 04-43 (Chair's Office)
Phone: 6790 6097
Email: [email protected]





Ms Calista Tay Jinxin
Senior Executive, Chair’s Office
Office: Room 04-39 (Chair’s Office)
Phone: 6790 5966
Email: [email protected]



Ms Zoey Boo Lee Ling
Manager, Finance Business Partnering
Office: Room 04-39 (Chair’s Office)
Phone: 6790 6013
Email: [email protected]

Ms Yvonne Seah Kim Hwan





















Project Officer
Office: COOL ASIA
Email: [email protected]

Ms Divya Hemavathi
Project Officer
Office: COOL ASIA
Email: [email protected]

Mr Jack Yong Ho
Research Fellow
Office: COOL ASIA
Email: [email protected]








Mr Cullen Bryant Owens
Senior Research Fellow
Office: COOL ASIA
Email: [email protected]









